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Sunday, 11 January 2015

Prague pt. 2: music and theatre

There is so much to do in Prague you
will never have to be bored. There's theatre, ballet, opera, symphonic
orchestras, jazz and classical music all over the town every single
day.

View down from the castle quarter

While
making our itinerary I found several interesting jazz clubs, of which
we only had time to do one though. On Tuesday night we headed over to
the old town to Jazz Club Ungelt, which is just behind the Church of our Lady before Týn at TÝN 2/640, PRAGUE 1. To
get to the music club you'll first have to go through the Jazz Pub and
down the stairs to an underground vault from the 11th century. The club
is quite small and intimate with a small stage and tables and seating in
two floors. The club also serves dinner, which is what we did. That
night we got to enjoy the show of ST. JOHNNY which is the only band in
Czech Republic playing 1950's
jump blues, and is currently one of the leading blues bands in the
country.

There's also swing dancing at Jam Café every Monday and Wednesday at 21.00 at Národní 25
110 00 Praha 1. The place isn't visible to the street
though and you'll have to go through the slide doors in to the mall. The
café will be in the left hand corner where you'll take the stairs up to
the second floor.

Prague Symphony Orchestra at the Municipal House

We
also attended the Prague Symphony Orchestra at the Municipal House
where the 80 persons orchestra played the Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav
Holst and in the second half The Star Wars by John Williams and as a fun
extra the theme to Indiana Jones. I have to say the experience was
definitely unique. The tickets also were very reasonably priced, about
25€ each.

Gorgeous ceiling of the Smetana Hall at the Municipal House

You can find classical and symphony concerts as well as a opera listed on Prague Experience where you can also book tickets to these events.

On our last day in Prague we had the choice of either going to an other jazz club or going to a Black Light theatre. We chose the latter and I'm very happy we did. The show was quite interesting and unique and definitely typical to the area.
We went to the Ta Fantastika -theatre in old town Karlova ulice no. 8, 110 00 Prague 1. We saw the show called Aspects of Alice and we both loved it.

"Black-light theatre is based on an optical trick (the black cabinet
trick), which takes advantage of the imperfection of the human eye: it
cannot distinguish black on black. The trick itself is very simple to
perform in the theatre: the audience cannot see an actor dressed in
black against a black background. Before our very eyes, items and props
controlled by actors dressed in black become capable of moving on their
own. Inanimate objects suddenly convey dramatic action, to the extent
that they become equal partners for live actors." -http://www.tafantastika.cz

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